Elevator-belt.



No. 838,221. PATENTED DEG.11, 1906. 0. E. TAYLOR.

ELEVATOR BELT.

APPLICATION FILED APB..6.1906.

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form of the embodiment of the invention ca- CHARLES E. TAYLOR, OF BREMEN, OHIO.

ELEVATOR-BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed April 6, 1906. Serial No. 310,352.

object to improve the construction and mcrease the elliciency and utility of devices of I this character.

With these and other. objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designatin characters, is illustrated the preferred pable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2- is a plan view, of one of the im roved belts arranged upon its carrierrol ers. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, enlarged, of a portion of the belt, together with one of its improved slats and the coupling means of the same.

The elevatorbelts employed upon harvesters, threshin machines, and similar apparatus are usually of canvas and are rovided at short intervals with transverse s ats, the slats being usually bolted or riveted to the canvas; but in belts thus constructed straws, chafi, and other similar material catches beneath the slats, especially when running around the drums at the ends, and soon clogs them and interferes with their operation.

The principal object of the present invention is to produce a simply-constructed slat beneath which straws, chaif, and the" like will not lodge; and the improvement consists in arranging the slats (represented at 10) upon the under side of the belt (represented at 11) and folding the belt material over three sides of the slats and disposing a sheet metal sheathing 12 over each slat, with the edges extending laterally for a considerable dis-' tance at each side, and thus correspondingly extending the base portion of the sheathing.

' The slats 10 are substantially square transversely, and the sheathing members are bent to conform thereto, and thus arranged with arallel sides s aced apart and at right angles to the body of the belt 11.

The terminals of the lateral extensions 13 14 are folded over, as shown in Fig. 1, to stiffen and strengthen the parts and to form rounded surfaces at the edges to prevent the metal sheathing member from abrading the fabric material of the belt.

The means by which the clamplates and slats are united to the belt materia are referably bolts, as shown at 15. The en s of the belt are usually secured adjustably by buckles, as represented at 16.

The slats 10 may be of any desired size,

but in harvesting machinery and the like they aregenerally about seven-eighths of an inch square; but the sizes may be varied as required, the slats being generally about the size of those ordinarilyemployed upon belts of this character;

It will-thus be noted that a very strong and durable slat construction is roduced which may be readily applied to a l the various apparatus upon W rich devices of this character are used and beneath which chaff, straw, and the like will not lodge.

The belt thus constructed may be of any required size and arranged to run over rollers 17 18, spaced any distance apart and of any required size or material.

he slats 10 will generally be of wood and the clamp-weights of sheet-steel and may be galvanized or otherwise protected from corrosion.

The sides of the sheathed slats being at right angles to the belt and without depressions or recesses chafi or straws will not adhere thereto, while the laterally-extending base portions firmly support the slats and distribute the strains over a greater area of the surface of the fabric structure of the belt.

By folding the edges of the extensions 13 14 over upon themselves enlarged rounded portions are produced, which bear'upon the fabric 11 of the belt at the u per side and efiectually prevent abrasion o the same, especially when the. belt is loaded. This is a very important feature of the invention and adds materially to the value and efliciency of the device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An elevator-belt of flexible material having a plurality of spaced slats formed LII with parallel sides and around three sides of I tions to form rounded hearings to contact which the belt material is disposed, sheath- 5 with the belt material. 1 ing members of sheet metal conforming to said slats and the material inclosed thereby and bearing over the same and with the ternn-, nals projecting laterally to form a relatively extended base, and means forconnecting,

said sheathing members to the slats and the belt material disposed over'the same. 2. An elevator-belt of flexible materia having a lurality of spaced slats formed with para] el sides and around three sides of which the belt material is disposed, sheathin members of sheet metal conforming to said slats and the material inclosed thereby and bearin over the same and with the terminals pIOJOCtiIl laterally to form a relatively extended ase, and with the edges folded over upon the body of the base por- 3. An elevator-belt of flexible material, a plurality of spaced slats over which the material is folded, sheathing members of shovimetal bearing over said slats and the material inclosed thereby and extended laterally to form a relatively extended base and with the terminals of the extended portions folded over upon the same to present a rounded surface for contact with the belt material.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my'signatnre in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. TAYLOR.

Witnesses RAY SPURGEON. FOREST PATCH. 

